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The Barrow Ministerial meeting set the Arctic Council Agenda for the next two years, and "Ministers held a series of roundtable discussions on the impact of climate variability on Arctic communities and ecosystems; health, ...

"In the Inuvik Ministerial Declaration (1996) EPPR was given the following task:
• analyzing of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing international agreements and other arrangements in the Arctic within EPPR's area ...

"Currently the CAFF program work is guided by the "Strategic Plan for the Conservation of Arctic Biological Diversity", endorsed by the Arctic Ministers in 1998, as further defined through directions from the Arctic Council".

Terms of Reference as adopted by the Arctic Council at the first Ministerial meeting, in Iqaluit, Canada, September 17-18, 1998.
Annex 2, to the Second SAO report to Ministers, in Barrow, United States, 10-11 October, 2000.

"The Ottawa Declaration established the Arctic Council and expanded the scope of cooperation
begun under the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy to include a broader sustainable
development policy framework. At ...

The Future of Children and Youth of the Arctic, an initiative of the Arctic Council, was developed to contribute to sustainable development in the Arctic. Ministers of the eight Arctic Council States endorsed this initiative ...

Many Arctic communities are searching for a clear path to new economic activity that supplements, or replaces the threatened traditional economies while still respecting the principles of sustainable development, including ...

"We are writing to urge the Arctic States to sign and/or ratify the LRTAP Heavy Metals and POPs Protocols and the Stockholm POPs Convention. As you know, both agreements single out the Arctic and its Indigenous Peoples.
Nearly ...

"Based on the information from the Russian officials, PCB production in Russia ceased in 1995. However, until recently, produced amounts of PCB were used in production of some types of electric equipment. Extensive use of ...

In 1997, " Ministers committed "to take [the AMAP] findings and recommendations into consideration in [their] policies and programmes." They agreed "to increase .. efforts to limit and reduce emissions of contaminants into ...

Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG)(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2000)

"Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Disease in the Arctic
(presented in part to the sustainable working grou meetings in Anchorage, May 16 1999, Washington DC, November 17 1999, Fairbanks April 26-28, and the ...

Notes from the 2nd Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Barrow, USA, October 12-13, 2000. These notes are not a full transcript of the Ministerial Meeting, but rather selected remarks by participants which constitute an ...